Côte de Nuits-Villages ou Vins fins de la Côte de Nuits

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The Côte de Nuits vineyard forms a rectilinear relief of tectonic origin extending over about 25 kilometres in a general north/south direction.
• This relief separates the limestone plateaus of the Hautes Côtes, situated at an altitude of between 400 and 500 metres, from the Bresse plain, a Tertiary collapse trough reaching close to 250 metres at the foot of the Côte.
• The escarpment of the Côte is made up of a series of limestones dated to the Bajocian and Bathonian, among which the particularly compact Comblanchien limestone forms the backbone of the relief.
• The soils of the plots are little evolved, generally carbonate-rich and shallow, and are organised into topo-sequences ranging from thin, highly calcareous soils at the top of the slope to deeper soils, decarbonated at the surface, further down the slopes.
• The cool oceanic climate is disrupted by continental or southern influences channelled along the Rhône-Saône axis, with about 750 millimetres of rainfall per year and an average annual temperature of 10.5 degrees Celsius.
• The plots delimited for grape harvesting form a narrow band, nestled in the hollow of the Côte, sheltered from frost and morning mists, and benefiting from generous sunshine.

• A communal hierarchy that emerged in the 19th century found official resolution in 1934 through a ruling defining the appellation "Vins fins de la Côte de Nuits" for Brochon, Fixin, Premeaux-Prissey, Comblanchien and Corgoloin.
• The appellation d'origine contrôlée "Vins fins de la Côte de Nuits" was recognised in 1937, with its equivalent name "Côte de Nuits-Villages" following in 1964.
• Chardonnay occupies a small area, as it is reserved for plots with stony, thin soils on the slopes overlooking the village of Comblanchien.

• The red wines often show a velvety tannic structure with a lovely fresh, lively fruitiness, and reach their peak after a few years of ageing, sometimes with notes of liquorice and undergrowth.
• The white wines are frequently distinguished by a mineral note combined with good liveliness and great concentration, and can easily withstand a few years of ageing.

• The diversity of soils within the delimited area, though topographically homogeneous, is expressed through nuances in the wines, which are highlighted by indicating the lieu-dit of origin.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF) — approved 2 septembre 2026, JORF 5 septembre 2026
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — BIVB